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Show I Paris Sees Silver Lining. Paris, Sept. 2, 1:45 a. m.-Aa air of great uncertainty continues in tho face of the laconic communications from the war office, but last evening there appeared to exist an easier j foellng, arising from the supposition that the Germans were withdrawing part of the troops operating in the north There is nothing to confirm ; this excepting the fact that Lille. Tourcolng and other exposed points are reported free of the enemy, The admission of the war office that the French troops are retiring south and southwest Is not taken as being inconsistent with the abovp the ory because, naturally, It would be the strategy of the allies to let the Germans draw their lines out if so disposed in order to take advantage of the resulting weakness at the right j moment. St. Petersburg, Sept 1. Prisoners continue to arrive unceasingly Kiev contains thousands of captured Austrians, Aus-trians, who arrive dally. Among them is a large number of Gallclans. Poles. Czechs and other ' Slas, who form half the Austrian ar my. A Galiclan prisoner, who spoke almost al-most pure Russian, said "It is much better for us to be prisoners. Thus it is impossible for us to fight; that would be betraying Austria, of which country wo are citizens citi-zens Nevertheless, we fight against our nature. "To be taken prisoner Is iho moat su?Teeable way of quieting our conscience." con-science." A young Hungarian officer was full I of LJmlration for the Cossacks, who he said, were splendid horsemen and remarkably quick in attack Another Galiclan, who was captured near Gorodok, said that his party had surrendeed to superior numbers, but added "If the Russians had not been in tho majority we would probably have been taken " The Slav feeling against the Prussians Prus-sians is bitter. A Pole from Soknl said "If the Russian government would give U6 rifles we would p.o and ficht against the Prussians immediately " Polish members of parllment now at St. Petersburg and political leaders from Warsaw have collectively signed the foreign response to the" grand duke generalissimo's second appeal to their countrymen- "Polish public opinion regards the persons participating with the Aus trian army as enemies of Polish interests inter-ests and of Slavdom." nn |